Canada Beethoven, Montreal Chamber Music Festival 2024: Ehnes Quartet (James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti [violin], Che-Yen Chen [viola], Edward Arron [cello]), Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola). Bourgie Hall, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal. (LV)
Concert Reviews
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LSO closes its season with rarely performed Shostakovich and ever-popular rousing Carmina Burana
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Orff: Christina Poulitsi (soprano), Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor), Elliot Madore (baritone), Tiffin Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 25.6.2024. (JR)
Salonen’s majestic Bruckner Symphony No.4 brings high notes to turbulent times in San Francisco
United States R. Schumann, Bruckner: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.6.2024. (HS)
A BBC NOW collection of errant nymphs in Cardiff
United Kingdom Debussy, Mason, Franck: Noémi Györi (flute), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Gergely Madaras (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.6.2024. (PCG)
Pattern-making Joyce and Liu give resplendent recital in Whangarei
New Zealand Various: Andrew Joyce (cello), Jian Liu (piano). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 16.6.2024. (PSe)
Nadine Benjamin and Jan Karl Rautio make perfect musical partners at the Thaxted Festival
United Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2024 [1] – Liszt, Hall, Verdi, Puccini: Nadine Benjamin (soprano), Jan Karl Rautio (piano). Thaxted Parish Church, Essex, 22.6.2024. (CC)
Sally Beamish’s UK premiere charms and impresses during Noseda’s London Symphony Orchestra concert
United Kingdom Beethoven, Beamish, Prokofiev: Janine Jansen (violin), Martin Fröst (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 20.6.2024. (JR)
At the end of the Metropolitan Line: sublime midsummer chamber music from Paul Lewis and friends
United Kingdom Midsummer Music Festival 2024: St Mary’s Church, Amersham. 8.6.2024. (CSa)